Although smoking is banned in public places, many employees still enjoy smoking or vaping, which raises the question of the right place to do so. For employers, the challenge is to protect non-smokers from passive smoking without depriving smokers of their pleasure. Polymobyl, which has been designing urban and professional furniture for almost 40 years, supports workplace layout projects: discover our shelters and accessories for setting up a smoking area in the workplace.
Setting up a smoking area in the workplace: why and how?
Why set up a smoking area in your company?
Smoking shelters represent a practical and eco-responsible solution to reconcile the needs of all employees. By providing a dedicated outdoor space for smokers, while protecting the health of non-smokers, this arrangement contributes to a better quality of life at work.
Outdoor smoking shelters enable employers to comply with the law and create a healthy, pleasant relaxation area for all their employees. The Polymobyl catalog offers tailor-made solutions with a modern, functional design to make the most of available space.
How does the smoking area support your CSR approach?
Polymobyl smokers’ shelters are made from sustainable, environmentally-friendly materials: PEFC-certified wood partitions, stainless steel… Practical and elegant, they can be integrated into a larger break area, such as a lunchroom, a pergola… which avoids ostracizing smokers while preventing the risks of passive smoking.
By opting for an eco-responsible outdoor smoking shelter, you’re enhancing your CSR commitment and promoting your company.
How to create smoking shelters in the workplace?
Designing a company smoking area means taking into account the environment, employees’ needs and any constraints. That’s why Polymobyl carries out a site audit before drawing up any layout project.
To create a personalized smoking area, you need to study the existing design, the available space and the uses to which it will be put. In addition to ashtrays, you can, for example, install a planted shelter, seating furniture and a table, planters, to offer your employees a comfortable, pleasant and relaxing space. In this way, the smoking shelter becomes a real break area, where your employees can enjoy a coffee or a lunch break.
What does Polymobyl have to offer for the creation of smoking areas in companies?
Polymobyl designs professional furniture that can be easily integrated into any work environment. The LUD line features a playful, colorful design, while the NUT line offers a sober, natural look thanks to its extensive use of wood. The 25°&Cie line, on the other hand, offers multiple combinations thanks to its aluminum profile structure. All partitions are customizable (choice of materials).
All our shelters can be customized to suit your needs. Ashtrays and litter garbage cans are of course essential for keeping the area clean. Accessories also include picnic tables, benches and stools… Why not create a planted pergola with a planter and rainwater collector, to reconcile relaxation and the fight against heat peaks?
Ashtrays and litter garbage cans
tables and a variety of seating furniture: armchairs, chairs, benches, stand-up seats...
planters for planting
Polymobyl also offers fully customizable smoking shelters for professional premises. The 25° & Cie range, in particular, is entirely modular: choice of dimensions and materials, integration of a table with benches, benches, or a wall-mounted ashtray, green roof and walls, addition of logos or engravings in your company’s image…
For even greater flexibility, we also offer a frame-mounted smoker’s shelter, which can be set up on a mobile basis to suit your needs, and easily relocated in the event of temporary layouts or construction work.
Are you looking for a service provider to install a smoking shelter on your company premises? Polymobyl brings its skills and experience to every project, from initial study to furniture installation. Take advantage of the expertise of a multi-disciplinary design office that provides personalized, tailor-made support for all your requirements. At every stage of the project, your dedicated advisor will seek your advice, to ensure that the result precisely matches your expectations.
All stages are validated, and no production is launched without your approval of the production drawings, in the case of custom designs.